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Title: Automata-theoretic models of mutation and alignment

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:401863
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  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Finite-state automata called transducers, which have both input and output, can be used to model simple mechanisms of biological mutation. We present a methodology whereby numerically-weighted versions of such specifications can be mechanically adapted to create string edit machines that are essentially equivalent to recurrence relations of the sort that characterize dynamic programming alignment algorithms. Based on this, we have developed a visual programming system for designing new alignment algorithms in a rapid-prototyping fashion.

Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
OSTI ID:
401863
Report Number(s):
CONF-9507246-; TRN: 96:005602-0041
Resource Relation:
Conference: Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference, Cambridge (United Kingdom), 16-19 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of ISMB-95 -- Third international conference on intelligent systems for molecular biology: Proceedings; Rawlings, C.; Clark, D.; Altman, R.; Hunter, L.; Lengauer, T.; Wodak, S. [eds.]; PB: 427 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English